20 Killed On N.Z. Roads In August
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Twenty people were killed on New Zealand roads last month, as compared with 23 killed during August last year.
The Commissioner of Transport (Mr G. L. Laurenson) said that in six of the accidents the motor vehicle was out of control, suggesting that the speed was too fast for the conditions, and in six more clashes between vehicles there was a suggestion that one of the drivers in each case failed to yield the right of way. “If everyone would observe correct speed limits and the right-hand rule,” commented Mr Laurenson, “the road accident rate would be cut down by half.”
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Northern Advocate, 3 September 1947, Page 4
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